Contemporary off her look on this 12 months’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Anya Taylor-Pleasure has been tapped to star in Apple TV+’s newest thriller, Fortunate, which relies on the bestselling novel of the identical identify by Marissa Stapley. Taylor-Pleasure starred as Imperator Furiosa within the George Miller manufacturing again in Could, which sadly didn’t dwell as much as expectations, taking in simply $173 million on the field workplace towards a funds of $168 million.
Nonetheless, Taylor-Pleasure’s inventory stays excessive because of quite a few hits lately, together with The Menu, The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, and a short look in Dune: Half 2. The Hollywood Reporter mentions that she’ll additionally function an government producer on Fortunate, alongside Reese Witherspoon by her Whats up Sunshine label. The thriller comes by the use of creator Jonathan Tropper (Banshee, See), who’ll additionally function co-showrunner together with Cassie Pappas (Silo, Griselda).
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Whereas the animated franchise could also be increasing quickly, Anya Taylor-Pleasure would like to see a live-action model occur sooner or later.
“Whats up Sunshine continues to do a unbelievable job of championing ladies’s voices and I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the staff alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to carry Fortunate to life,” Taylor-Pleasure mentioned in a press release. The sequence will heart on her character of Fortunate Armstrong, a profession grifter who’s trying to escape her previous when issues go awry. After buying a lottery ticket on a whim, she realizes it’s price hundreds of thousands, however there’s only one drawback: cashing it in would imply she’ll be arrested for her crimes.
Anya Taylor-Pleasure Groups With Scott Derrickson for Subsequent 12 months’s ‘The Gorge’
There’s no phrase but on when Fortunate will head into manufacturing, however it ought to be famous that that is Taylor-Pleasure’s second mission with Apple TV+. Along with the brand new thriller sequence, she’ll additionally star in subsequent 12 months’s survival motion movie The Gorge, which additionally options Sigourney Weaver, Miles Teller, and William Houston.
Directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Black Telephone), The Gorge tells the story of two elite snipers which might be employed to protect both facet of a deep and impenetrable gorge, with out realizing what really lies beneath them. It’s Derrickson’s first film following the success of the aforementioned The Black Telephone, which was a smash hit for Blumhouse again in 2022, incomes greater than $161 million on the field workplace towards a comparatively low funds of simply $18 million.
A launch date has but to be set for The Gorge, however it can debut sooner or later in 2025 together with The Black Telephone 2, which is at present filming in Toronto, Canada. Plot particulars are being stored beneath wraps, however Derrickson’s sequel will see the return of Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies, all of whom shall be reprising their roles from the primary film.
As for Taylor-Pleasure, along with Fortunate and The Gorge, she’s additionally set to star within the action-comedy Sacrifice together with Chris Evans and Salma Hayek, portraying the character of Joan, a zealot on a mission to save lots of the world from a fiery reckoning. There’s no phrase on a launch date simply but, as filming solely lately started final month.
A prequel to Mad Max: Fury Street, Furiosa is an action-adventure movie that tells the origin story of the headstrong and fearless Furiosa. Set shortly after the start of the “finish of the world,” Furiosa is kidnapped and introduced earlier than a strong warlord, now compelled to work for him. To seek out her means again residence, Furiosa will adapt to the brand new harsh and arid world as she grows into the Furiosa she turns into recognized to be.
- Launch Date
- Could 24, 2024
- Runtime
- 148 Minutes